Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “heaven” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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81 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
heaven	12	39	1260	(None)
haven	11	47	1853	1	h_aven
heave	11	45	2181	1	heave_
heaved	13	47	1786	1	heaved
heavens	13	43	930	1	heavens
heaver	12	48	1967	1	heaver
heaves	12	41	2030	1	heaves
leaven	9	50	1307	1	leaven
beaten	8	46	1706	2	beaten
beaver	11	48	1925	2	beaver
cheapen	14	40	762	2	cheapen
craven	11	41	1393	2	craven
daven	9	49	1647	2	_daven
deaden	8	37	1432	2	deaden
deafen	10	38	967	2	deafen
deave	9	50	2233	2	deave_
deaved	11	49	1655	2	deaved
deaves	10	53	1953	2	deaves
eaten	5	53	2305	2	_eaten
eave	7	57	3358	2	_eave_
eaved	9	59	2450	2	_eaved
eaves	8	52	3199	2	_eaves
even	7	52	2227	2	_e_ven
graven	10	45	1352	2	graven
haen	7	62	2945	2	h_a_en
have	10	61	3707	2	h_ave_
havens	12	45	1404	2	h_avens
haver	11	51	2446	2	h_aver
haves	11	60	3487	2	h_aves
headed	11	40	2047	2	headed
headend	12	39	836	2	headend
header	10	44	2254	2	header
headmen	13	25	951	2	headmen
healed	10	51	2144	2	healed
healer	9	42	2180	2	healer
heaped	12	45	1690	2	heaped
heaper	11	41	1952	2	heaper
hearer	9	43	2364	2	hearer
hearken	14	33	802	2	hearken
hearten	10	24	1175	2	hearten
heated	10	45	2559	2	heated
heater	9	48	2830	2	heater
heathen	13	34	1089	2	heathen
heavenly	17	4	370	2	heavenly
heavers	13	37	1719	2	heavers
heavier	13	42	942	2	heavier
heavies	13	27	1387	2	heavies
heaving	14	41	1476	2	heaving
heavy	14	48	1418	2	heav_y
helve	11	50	1809	2	helve_
helved	13	43	1370	2	helved
helves	12	43	1606	2	helves
hempen	13	3	896	2	hempen
leaden	7	45	1522	2	leaden
leave	8	47	2372	2	leave_
leaved	10	57	1902	2	leaved
leavens	10	40	930	2	leavens
leaver	9	43	2151	2	leaver
leaves	9	42	2238	2	leaves
maven	10	48	1689	2	_maven
neaten	6	42	1454	2	neaten
peahen	11	34	1013	2	peahen
peasen	8	48	1596	2	peasen
peavey	14	39	879	2	peavey
raven	8	47	2344	2	_raven
reave	8	45	2802	2	reave_
reaved	10	45	2392	2	reaved
reaver	9	45	2473	2	reaver
reaves	9	41	2757	2	reaves
seamen	8	45	1856	2	seamen
seven	8	41	1831	2	se_ven
shaven	12	42	1330	2	shaven
sheave	12	45	1400	2	sheave_
sheaved	14	34	1163	2	sheaved
sheaves	13	44	1297	2	sheaves
weaken	13	34	960	2	weaken
weave	11	52	1853	2	weave_
weaved	13	39	1348	2	weaved
weaver	12	39	1661	2	weaver
weaves	12	36	1637	2	weaves
wheaten	13	3	640	2	wheaten

Search took 3 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	82551	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	81	2.266	36430.3
3	Display Results	81	81	0.030	2700.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	81	2.626	68046.8